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Biltmore Estate : Gardens and Grounds by Bill Alexander (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-101467134481

ISBN-139781467134484

eBay Product ID (ePID)215332455

Product Key Features

Book TitleBiltmore Estate : Gardens and Grounds

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSubjects & Themes / Historical, United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials)

Publication Year2015

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Photography, History

AuthorBill Alexander

Book SeriesImages of America Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight0.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-949614

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal975.6/88

SynopsisIn the spring of 1888, George Washington Vanderbilt returned to New York after spending weeks exploring the countryside near Asheville, North Carolina. Thinking it was the perfect place to build his home, Vanderbilt promptly sent his agent to begin quietly buying contiguous tracts of land until he had several thousand acres. Soon, he began constructing what would become America's largest private residence. He commissioned two of America's preeminent designers, architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, to collaborate with him in planning his estate, which he named Biltmore. To complement the 250-room French Renaissance-style chateau, Olmsted worked closely with Hunt to create a vast landscape of pleasure gardens and grounds with miles of scenic drives through parklands, productive farms, and the country's first scientifically managed forest. Today, Biltmore is a National Historic Landmark privately owned by Vanderbilt's descendants., Hundreds of ornately decorated rooms, gardens and greenery and more--Walk through the history of the Biltmore Estate, one of America's many displays of personal wealth and decadence. In the spring of 1888, George Washington Vanderbilt returned to New York after spending weeks exploring the countryside near Asheville, North Carolina. Thinking it was the perfect place to build his home, Vanderbilt promptly sent his agent to begin quietly buying contiguous tracts of land until he had several thousand acres. Soon, he began constructing what would become America's largest private residence. He commissioned two of America's preeminent designers, architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, to collaborate with him in planning his estate, which he named Biltmore. To complement the 250-room French Renaissance-style chateau, Olmsted worked closely with Hunt to create a vast landscape of pleasure gardens and grounds with miles of scenic drives through parklands, productive farms, and the country's first scientifically managed forest. Today, Biltmore is a National Historic Landmark privately owned by Vanderbilt's descendants.

LC Classification NumberF264.A8A445 2015